recente vs revenge, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“recente” is an adjective and “revenge” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,068
“recente” frequency rank: #22,445
“revenge” frequency rank: 24513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	recente	revenge
Definition	que sucedeu ou existe há pouco; moderno; que é novidade	vingança

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set recente and revenge apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

recente

7 ch

revenge

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recente is /Rɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/ while revenge is /ɹɪˈvɛndʒ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recente is recorded at frequency rank #2,068, classified as anadj, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/. revenge is at rank #22,445, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɹɪˈvɛndʒ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 24513, this pair ranks #45,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recente vs revenge

Shared letters: enr. Private to "recente": ct. Private to "revenge": gv.

"recente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revenge" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

recente ← ercente · rceente · reccente · recenet · recennte · recentte · recetne · recnete
revenge ← ervenge · reevnge · revegne · reveneg · revengge · revennge · revnege · revvenge

Frequency comparison

recente#2,068

revenge#22,445

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recente" and "revenge" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recente" is an adjective and "revenge" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "recente" or "revenge"?

"recente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,068 in our Portuguese list, against #22,445 for "revenge". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering recente vs revenge

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “recente”; for a noun, it's “revenge”.
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